{"id":11377,"date":"2016-09-01T08:46:03","date_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:46:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/?p=11377"},"modified":"2016-09-01T08:46:03","modified_gmt":"2016-09-01T15:46:03","slug":"welcome-to-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hyattmoore.com\/blank-slate\/2016\/09\/01\/welcome-to-september\/","title":{"rendered":"Welcome to September"},"content":{"rendered":"

It’s September, always a nice ring, like entering a new season. Van Gogh’s favorite. I started it off with trimming a bit on that overgrown, yet beautiful, bougainvillea in the front of the house.<\/p>\n

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Another reason I’ve always been partial to the first day of September: It’s my birthday. By now I’ve had enough that I don’t particularly celebrate them, but as Anne says, I don’t like them to be forgotten. Not that I’m asking for anything from you, and no gifts from anybody. I already have everything I could possibly need or want . . . including a great wife, a great family, great friends, a great occupation and a whole bunch more that all start\u00a0with \u201cgreat.\u201d<\/p>\n

Like even a great future.<\/p>\n

I know\u00a0the one on this earth is not without limits. Calculating my years and comparing to my parents’ long life, I figure I’m just a little ways into, guess what? September! What a coincidence.<\/p>\n

I tell myself to use the day for reflection on the past year and projecting into the next. To tell you the truth, the occasion hasn’t brought on anything new in particular. I do need to clear out a few things, in the mind most of all.<\/p>\n

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Like with that bougainvillea, things can get all bound up; room is needed for new growth.<\/p>\n

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Life is short, might as well make it as beautiful as you can.<\/h6>\n

One thing I have thought about is to get back to this blogging on a more regular basis. You’ll know whether I’m holding up with that one. And I’ll just hope I’m not getting hung up on (like I do with so many junk calls all day long).<\/p>\n

So, here’s to health. Mine. Yours.<\/p>\n

It’s September . . . time to get trimming, make a bouquet of what’s left over, and get growing again.<\/p>\n

____<\/p>\n

PS \u00a0We’ve been very grateful for the many condolences for the death of our son-in-law Vernon. Happily Allison is going on in strength.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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